Showing papers in "Ultrasonics Sonochemistry in 2016"

TL;DR: The Langmuir model as best method with high applicability for representation of experimental data, while maximum mono layer adsorption capacity for CV, DSB and QY on AC-HKUST-1 estimated to be 133.33, 129.87 and 65.37 mg g(-1) which significantly were higher than HKust-1 as sole material with Qm.

TL;DR: To model material failure and removal, a finite element structure code is used and enables simulation of full fluid-structure interaction and investigation of the effects of various parameters.

TL;DR: The individual and mutual effect of important input parameters on the nanomaterial synthesis process as a start to help understand the underlying mechanism is discussed and an objective discussion of the diversely synthesizednanomaterial follows to divulge the easiness imparted by sonochemistry.

TL;DR: It will be shown that a different type of hydrodynamic cavitation (different removal mechanism) is required for successful removal of different pollutants from water and wastewater.

TL;DR: The effect of ultrasonic frequency and surface activity of solutes on the sonochemical degradation efficiency has been discussed in detail and some evidence does suggest that the chemical effects (radicals) of acoustic cavitation are also effective in deactivating pathogens.

TL;DR: The development of ultrasonic cleaning dates from the middle of the 20th century and has become a method of choice for a range of surface cleaning operations and the reasons why this has happened and the methods of assessing the efficiency of Ultrasonic cleaning baths are reviewed.

TL;DR: A graphene oxide chemically modified with 2,2'-dipyridylamine (GO-DPA), was synthesized by simple, fast and low-cost process for the simultaneous adsorption of four toxic heavy metals from aqueous solutions and showed the feasibility of adsorbent for applying in industrial purposes.

TL;DR: The present study describes the extraction of total monomeric anthocyanin (TMA) and total phenolic content (TPC) from eggplant peel using ultrasonic treatments and methanol and 2-propanol as extraction solvents.

TL;DR: The results indicate that PUS leads to changes in structures and oxidation of beef proteins caused by mechanical effects of cavitation and the resultant generation of free radicals.

TL;DR: The numerical optimization revealed that the optimum adsorption is obtained at 0.02g, 15mgL(-1), 4min and 7.0 corresponding to the adsorbent mass, each dye concentration, sonication time and pH, respectively.

TL;DR: It was found that the subunits and secondary structure of OVA did not change significantly with HIUS treatment from the electrophoretic patterns and circular dichroism spectrum, and this effect was consistent with the increased in surface hydrophobicity for ultrasound treated OVA.

TL;DR: The photocatalytic activity of Zn2SiO4 nano and bulk structures were compared by degradation of anionic dye methyl orange in aqueous solution under UV-light irradiation to reach optimum condition.

TL;DR: This review focuses on the application of high-energy ultrasound to food; its effects on thefunctional properties of proteins; and how different conditions such as the frequency, time, amplitude, temperature, and protein concentration affect the functional properties.

TL;DR: The sulfate radical oxidation of CBZ in the presence of ultrasonic irradiation showed a significant synergistic effect on CBZ removal and it is found that up to 89.4%CBZ removal efficiency was achieved after 120 min reaction.

TL;DR: Copper oxide nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (CuO-NPs-AC) were prepared and fully analyzed and characterized with FE-SEM, XRD and FT-IR and used for simultaneous ultrasound-assisted adsorption of brilliant green (BG), auramine O (AO), methylene blue (MB) and eosin yellow (EY) dyes.

TL;DR: The study concludes that ultrasound-assisted extraction of oil is likely to reduce both economic and ecological impacts of the process in the fat and oil industry.

TL;DR: MFEGU and MFEGU assisted alkaline pretreatments are beneficial to improving the degree of hydrolysis due to its sonochemistry effect on the molecular conformation as well as on the microstructure of protein.

TL;DR: The predicted values of the TP, flavonoids and antioxidant activity matched well with the experimental results obtained using optimal extraction conditions which validated the RSM model with a good correlation.

TL;DR: Among the samples, Fe-1wt% doped TiO2 nanoparticles showed the highest photocatalytic decolorization of RR198 under visible light irradiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used ultrasonic emulsification, polysorbate 80 and water to formulate a highly stable N. sativa essential oil nanoemulsion (NSEO-NE).

TL;DR: Antioxidant activity assays in vitro indicated that the degraded PL-N fraction with low molecular weight had stronger hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity and higher TEAC and FRAP values.

TL;DR: This paper makes an overview on recent studies regarding applications of power ultrasound to adsorbent regeneration and food drying/dehydration and argues that ultrasound is a very promising technology applied to the adsorbENT regeneration andFood drying/ dehydration.

TL;DR: The experimental data were best fitted in Langmuir isotherm equation and the removal followed pseudo second order kinetics and the suitability and well prediction of optimum point was tested by conducting five experiments and respective results revel that RSD% was lower than 3% and high quality of fitting was confirmed by t-test.

TL;DR: At optimum conditions, synergistic index value was obtained 2.53 that indicated the hybrid systems including ultrasound irradiation and photocatalysis have higher efficiency compared with sum of the individual processes.

TL;DR: An "ideal sensor" with high spatial and temporal resolution is proposed, which could be used to investigate bubble jetting, shockwaves, streaming, and even chemical effects, by correlating cleaning processes with cavitation effects, generated by hydrodynamics, lasers or ultrasound.

TL;DR: Ultrasonic treatment is useful in facilitating the gelation properties of MTGase-induced SPI/WG gels and might expand their utilization in the food protein gelation industry.

TL;DR: The manganese impregnated zinc sulfide nanoparticles deposited on activated carbon (ZnS: Mn-NPs-AC) which fully was synthesized and characterized successfully applied for simultaneous removal of malachite green and methylene blue in binary situation was studied.

TL;DR: Overall, it has been established that significant enhancement in the biogas production can be obtained due to the pretreatment using HC which can also be further intensified by combination with chemical treatment.

TL;DR: In the present study, a porous clay-like support with unique characteristics was used for the synthesis and immobilization of ZnO nanostructures to be used as sonocatalyst for theSonocatalytic decolorization of methylene blue (MB) dye in the aqueous phase.

TL;DR: Ultrasound assisted interesterification was a fast and efficient approach for biodiesel production giving significant benefits, which can help in reducing the costs of production.